IPOH: A sister and brother have died in an accident when their motorcycle hit a multi-purpose vehicle suspected of running a traffic light on Jalan Pasir Puteh near here on Wednesday morning (Jan 8).
Ipoh police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the victims, Nur Amira Balqis Armi, 22, who works as a salesperson, and her younger brother Muhammad Armirul, 15, a secondary school student, were confirmed dead at the scene.
He said the siblings were riding a Honda motorcycle in the accident at about 10.35am involving a Toyota Vellfire driven by a 38-year-old woman.
"The investigation found that the Toyota Vellfire was travelling (from the woman’s home) towards Ipoh Garden and is suspected of failing to obey the traffic lights at the scene.
"The motorcycle coming from the right immediately hit the right side of the MPV,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
Abang Zainal Abidin said the bodies of the two victims were sent to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here for a post-mortem, while the female MPV driver was unhurt.
Meanwhile, Ipoh Timur Member of Parliament Howard Lee Chuan How conveyed his condolences to the family of the two siblings in his Facebook post.
Lee, who was also at the scene of the incident, said his office would assist in the funeral management of both victims to ease the burden on their family. - Bernama
